P.O.O.P.I.E.'s Unite

Nester is hosting a P.O.O.P.I.E. party and I'm going. Yippee!! What on earth am I talking about? What.... you haven't heard? You haven't heard about the huge controversy raging around the blogosphere? Well, then, please allow me to fill you in.

P.O.O.P.I.E. stands for People Opposing Objectionable Pretend plants In the Environment. Makes perfectly good sense now, right? I'm all for the environment you know and keeping it pretend plant free is a great way to improve everyone's environments. Now, before you take a stand and decide to be anti-P.O.O.P.I.E, let me explain. We're not against all pretend plants... just the ones that are glaringly fake. You know what I'm talking about. The ones that have super shiny, perfectly formed fake leaves or the bright red, never wilting roses perched high on a shelf somewhere. They can be fake but they must at least resemble what the plant would look like if it were actually living. Dried flowers and plants is always a plus and you can never go wrong with those.

And, although I am a P.O.O.P.I.E. club member, after checking around my own home I found a few highly objectionable pieces myself. Sure glad Nester doesn't live close by. I just know she'd be on my doorstep today demanding I give them to her.

This is our entertainment center in our living room. I really like the arrangement on top of it, but not sure if Nester would approve. No feathers or dried anything. Just fake, fake, fake.

Here's a close up of it. My husband entered a golf tournament and won a prize. He could pick any prize off of the table and he chose this for me! See why I love it so much? That was so thoughtful.

This is the fireplace in our downstairs playroom. The arrangement on the right isn't too bad really. The flowers and greenery look and even feel quite real.

{Did you notice the wedding picture? That's me and my honey... 1991}

I'm not showing you the ones that I need to get rid of. After taking pictures of them I was just too ashamed to let you see them. They look pretty bad. One even has a little bird in it. I suppose it is quite unrealistic to think a bird would want to live in a basket on top of my frig, huh? I'm going to chuck them just as soon as I find their replacements.

Want to meet other P.O.O.P.I.E.S.? Head on over to the Nesting Place and check out her Mr. Linky Dink!

Rental Bathroom Make over

This is our main bath in our rental house. Run of the mill, boring white walls... hideous mirror surround, poorly repainted cabinets, cheap counter top. Since I can't paint, replace the counter or mirror surround, I had to work with what I had.

Before :(

After :)

After 2

After 3

After 4

Fabric is hiding bath toys and scale

I used fabric to cover the ugly, empty whole to the right of the drawers. I have no idea what that's there for. They must have had more counter top than cabinets I guess. So, it's not exactly how I'd do it if this were my house, but it is definitely better than "before."

Ribbons and Do-Dads

Plain & boring....

Isn't it amazing what a little ribbon and two do-dads can do?

I had the photos blown up to 8 x 10's, the frames were on clearance for $6, the ribbon was $.33/yard (only needed 3 yards) and the do-dads on top were 50% off at $5/each. So, the entire thing was under $25, photo enlargement included.

The best thing? My husband took these great photos on a recent four wheeling trip at "home" in WV. They're just beautiful! To see the actual photos (full size) go here and here.